By: Daniela Sarafov Edited by: Bridget Salice Waking up on the morning of November 9th, 2016 was perhaps one of the saddest and most hopeless moments of my life. I could not believe that I lived in a world where someone who stood for the antithesis of what this country was built on now sat… Read More How Hillary Clinton Broke a Glass Ceiling for Women Without Winning the Election
By: Zachary Sparks Edited by: Miya Stewart As Mueller is releasing memos on Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen, it’s important to understand how the investigation has progressed regarding another key person — Michael Flynn. This is a timeline, originally design by Reddit user u/Flynn_Timeline (with some additional sources and edits), detailing the important acts Flynn… Read More A Detailed Timeline of Michael Flynn
By: Zachary Sparks Edited by: Bridget Salice First off, let me acknowledge that I am not a Republican. I believe the Republican Party has become complacent — borderline treacherous — with regards to the Trump presidency. I believe their economic policies are scandalous, social policies full of one-sided bigotry, and world-views reprehensible. Their party now… Read More Nikki Haley Should be Vice President in 2020 (Or Even Now)
By: Kherty Leger Edited by: Zachary Sparks The relationship between a doctor and a patient is critical for successful treatment. Doctors rely on their patients to tell them what they are feeling and use this subjective information to determine the best possible treatment for their patients. So, patients are put in a vulnerable position when… Read More Black women have higher rates of maternal deaths & little is being done to stop it
The Supreme Court judge is one of the highest ranking positions in the United States; a job that is so essential that not only does the president choose this person, the Senate must confirm them as well. This position is for life. Brett Kavanaugh, an American attorney, Yale law school graduate, former law clerk, and… Read More The Ruling That Can’t Be Ignored
On November 28, 2016, 18 year old Abdul Razak Ali Artan initiated an attack against the students and faculty of The Ohio State University. The attack was calculated, leaving 13 people injured. Within one minute, Artan was fatally shot by OSU police, thus ending the threat to campus safety. Following the attack, officials released known… Read More Islamophobia: The Making of a Terrorist
On September 15, 2016 the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that allows dreadlocks to be banned in the workplace. Our identity has a lot of components, with some being more visible than others, such as hair, and this does not make them necessarily more vulnerable to attack, but a more accessible… Read More The Culture of Hair
— Nikkhai: we must all come to wear a certain dusk with or without stars; a man covered his face and walked into our sister to open her love love is what we see at night, when the moon gathers stars and caresses our bodies with the tender fingers of wind and dips a light… Read More Tomorrow Died Yesterday
“I was absolutely devastated. I went into election night with a full heart and high spirits – I was convinced that America would turn away from the bigoted and hateful ideals promoted by the opposing candidate.” Janey Elliott, a student at Belmont University, describes a feeling known all too well as election results poured in.… Read More Election 2016: Turning Hopelessness into Action
Danielle Di Scala is a fourth year studying political science and the current vice president of USG (Undergraduate Student Government). Our conversation was a brief discussion of her time at USG, her leadership, her identity, and her future. Believe or not, this is a condensed version of the interview. V: How do you look back… Read More An Interview: Danielle Di Scala
